Kelly Clarkson will release a new album after five-year break

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Kelly Clarkson will release a brand new album in 2023, her first major work since 2017.MORE: Kelly Clarkson's departure from The Voice - all we knowThe singer turned talk show host has been focusing the last few years on her family and blossoming TV career - she will take over Ellen DeGeneres spot on NBC this fall with The Kelly Clarkson Show - but has revealed that she found the time to write songs and record a new album for fans.WATCH: Kelly Clarkson collapses after being upstaged by Anne Hathaway"It’s coming out next year.

And this is an important album. I’m working on this in therapy: I have a hard time vocalizing what I’m feeling sometimes, so music is helpful for me.

It’s just been really healing. I recorded the record quite some time ago," she told Variety.The songs will focus on her tumultuous divorce with Brandon Blackstock - the divorce was finalized earlier in 2022 almost two years after Kelly first filed.MORE: Kelly Clarkson makes emotional revelation about who she really owes her career toMORE: Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband buys $1.8 million home after divorce battle"When my ex and I first separated, there were many emotions.

It was hard," she continued."But then the whole divorce thing happened, and I needed to write it. And then I didn’t know if I was going to release it, because you can be very angry in that state of mind.